(under subclass 232) Apparatus having solid means for compacting a felted water-laid fibrous article.
(1) Note. The devices of this subclass operate on the fibrous body while still moist. The shaping or compressing of dry paper is provided for in other classes, such as Class 100, Presses.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
223, for processes for reshaping a fibrous article.
224+, for processes for subjecting a fibrous article to heat and/or mechanical pressure.
305, for apparatus forming a running length product combined with separate pressing means. 358+, for press and felt devices.
361+, for solid means acting on a formed web.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for presses, per se, where no shaping is involved.
493, Manufacturing Container or Tube From Paper; or Other Manufacturing From a Sheet or Web,
